Here is a look at the top 10 drivers in the Nascar Nextel Cup Series standings heading into Sunday's Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway:

Jimmie Johnson, 2,220 points: Third-year driver from the Hendrick Motorsports team has posted seven Top-5 finishes in his last eight races and has won two of his last three races A transmission problem in last week's DHL 400 caused saw him to finish fourth, but it was good enough to move into the top spot in the standings

Dale Earnhardt, Jr, 2,213: The series leader the previous past seven weeks until Johnson passed him last week in Michigan Incredibly popular, the Daytona winner has scored Top-10 finishes in four of the last five races He finished 21st at the DHL 400, slowed by a poor-handling car, a cut tire and an ill- timed tire change

Matt Kenseth, 2,040: The king of consistency was the series champ last year, even though he only won only one race Changes to the points system this season threaten to undermine his conservative approach, but Kenseth - a fiery type who regularly tangles with other drivers - has spent 50 consecutive weeks in the Top 10

Bobby Labonte, 1,954: The highest-ranked driver without a victory this season Slowly creeping up the standings, Labonte capitalized last week on his previous success at Michigan, finishing eighth in the final rundown after having won both races there in 1995 and the fall race in 1999

Tony Stewart, 1,945: Hot-headed and colorful Won at Sonoma in 2001, when he was the series champ Drives for Joe Gibbs Racing, and was the surprising voice of calm last week, calling for everyone to cool their jets regarding the rules changes under caution flags following controversial races at Dover and Pocono

Jeff Gordon, 1,933: Vallejo native is a three-time winner at Infineon and won his 48th career pole at Michigan He led 81 laps but lost his engine in his No24 Chevrolet and finished 38th - his third disappointing finish in a row The result dropped him two spots in the standings and into a three-way tie for sixth

Elliot Sadler, 1,933: Won at Texas in early April and continues to challenge the leaders His No28 M&Ms Taurus now has eight Top-10 finishes this season, and he finished a solid fifth at Michigan Sadler has one Top-10 finish and three among the Top 20 in five career starts at Sonoma

Kurt Busch, 1,933: Finished 11th at Michigan, his fourth consecutive finish in the Top 12 - and has been in the Top 10 in the series standings for the past 14 race weeks, including one week at No1 Busch has one Top-5 finish at Infineon in three career starts and has qualified among the top five in his last two starts there, including the outside pole in 2002

Ryan Newman, 1,859: Led the series in 2003 with eight victories and got his first win of the season last week at Michigan International Speedway Became the ninth different winner in 15 races in 2004, bumping him up a spot A good road-course driver, Newman has Top-10 performances in both career starts at Sonoma

Kevin Harvick, 1,847: Former Rookie of the year in 2001, Harvick finished 17th at Michigan, the fourth time in the past five races he has finished outside the Top 15 He's a rapidly improving road-course driver, qualifying sixth and finishing third in 2003 at Sonoma after previously qualifying no higher than 12th (2001) and finishing no better than 14th in '01 and '02

Others to watch (with current standings and points):

Kasey Kahne (11th, 1,821): Fast-rising rookie has four career runner-up finishes, including last week's race at Michigan

Mark Martin (16th, 1,642): 1997 winner at Infineon, the veteran driver of the Viagra car ended a 72-race winless streak by finishing first at Dover Holds the record for most Top-10 finishes at Sonoma with 12

Brian Vickers (19th, 1,557): Talented Rookie got his fourth front row start of the year at Michigan Has eight starts in the Top 10 in 2004, including a pole at Richmond

Ricky Rudd (27th, 1,430): Former One-time road-course king who won at Infineon in 1989 and 2002

Boris Said (no points): The wild card, holds the official track record for best lap at Sonoma (1:16522, set in 2003) The shaggy-haired Said, a road- course specialist won the pole at Infineon last season as a hired gun and will drive for Nelson Bowers in a car sponsored by Centrix Financial in another one- shot deal